Meaning

4 senses

  1. (intransitive)To be distasteful; to taste bad

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To dislike.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To offend; to disgust; to displease.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Believe that I understand your distaste.

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  2. My apathy for voting comes from my distaste for politics.

    ruМоё равнодушие к голосованию исходит из моего отвращения к политике. — megaton

    deMeine Wahlunlust kommt von meiner Abneigung gegen Politik. — MUIRIEL

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  3. He said both men agreed they share an "abhorrence and distaste" for war.

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  4. Adriano explained his distaste for Rima.

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Origin

From dis- + taste.

From dis- + taste.

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Forms

distastes, distasting, distasted, distasted
Base formdistaste · to distaste
3rd person singulardistastes
Present participledistasting
Past simpledistasted
Past participledistasted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydistaste
he, she, itdistastes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdistasted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave distasted
he, she, ithas distasted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill distaste

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dissuadedistanceB1distantB1distillerydistinctdistinctionB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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